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WRITING ENGLISH TEST – GRADE 9
Class : - Time : 45 minutes – Date: Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Code: 01
I ) Circle the word (a, b, c, d) whose main stress is places differently from that of the others in the group
(1 point)
1 a dictionary b development c experience d majority
2 a celebration b dictionary c contribution d unemployment
3 a correct b busy c modern d famous
4 a vacation b century c friendliness d million
II ) I Choose the words whose underlined part is pronouced different from that of the other.( point)
a hour b honest c hear d honor
a champagne b matching c children d chicken
a consist b convenient c today d modern
a show b crowd c snow d know
III) Choose the best answer ( points ) :
He asked me when ……… to Nha Trang
A to go B go C went D going That machine has been ……… since Christmas
A repair B repaired C repairing D to repair She is used to ……… late on weekends
A sleep B slept C to sleep D sleeping
When Dave was young he played tennis Dave ……… tennis when he was young A has played B plays C likes to play D used to play I won’t forget them because their ………
A friend B friendly C friendliness D.the friend is Malaysia’s official region
A Hinduism B Buddhism C Islam D all are correct
IV ) Change into passive sentences (1 points )
1.“ Are you interested in learning English? asked my teacher.( put this sentence in to reported speech)
-2 We have to improve all the schools in our Dong Nai province ( Change this sentence into the Passive)
-3 My father will build a new house next year ( Change this sentence into the Passive)
-4 I can’t go with you to the countryside next weekeend (Combine the sentence with “Wish”)
-V ) Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets (3 points )
They ( paint ) - their classroom two days ago
We ( learn) - English for about three years This room (clean) - by my sister yesterday
Every morning her father ( go ) - to work at seven o’clock She ( be) ……… here since p.m
Malaysia ( divide ) -into two regions
VI ) Read the passage below then answer the questions( 1points ):
Lan’s Malaysian pen pal, Razali Maryam, was staying with Lan last week Maryam is from Kuala Lumpur Maryam and Lan have been pen pals for over two years and they correspond at least once every two weeks, but this was their first meeting On Maryam ‘s first day in Ha Noi, Lan took her to Hoan Kiem Lake Like Kuala Lumpur, Ha Noi is a busy modern city Maryam was really impressed by the beauty of the city and by the friendliness of its people
Questions : a) Who is Maryam ?
b) How often they write to one another ? -
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